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Tim Jackson - 28 Jan 2004 18:45 GMT

After having scandisk run several times and lock up I finally rebooted my PC
for the last time as my hard disk had disappeared from the BIOS. I have
been told that this means it is dead, and have bought a new one, but
wondered if anyone new how to get access to the files without going to the
expense of a data recovery company. The disk is still spinning up.

Thanks

Tim

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Voc?tional? & Technic?l? Educ?tion? - 30 Jan 2004 23:13 GMT

Slave & Master

5. Connect the old HD as a Slave to the new HD which will
be the Master and use Windows Explorer to copy across.

There are at least 4 or more methods to copy files / folders;
1. Backup to your CD-R (good idea)
2. Backup to your A:\ Floppy Disk (bad idea)
3. Use a USB Cable between the 2 PCs similar to
4. Use a Parallel Cable between the 2 PCs
5. Connect the old HD as a Slave to the new HD which will
be the Master and use Windows Explorer to copy across.
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Tim Jackson - 31 Jan 2004 11:32 GMT

I have already done this but as the drive is not recognised by either the
BIOS or Windows I am unable to copy anything across.

Tim

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Richard G. Harper - 31 Jan 2004 13:11 GMT

Then it's most likely the drive has failed and no efforts you can make will
recover anything from it. A professional repair shop may be able to but is
it worth what it will cost?

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>I have already done this but as the drive is not recognised by either the
> BIOS or Windows I am unable to copy anything across.
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>> How to download the complete installation package of IE?
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